Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Ancient Sparta Was A Dumpster Fire (Episode 141)
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Ancient Sparta Was A Dumpster Fire (Episode 141)
The mythology of ancient Sparta is that of peerless warriors, un-defeatable soldiers who defended democracy and resisted those who would conquer Greece.
The reality is... a lot different.
We're going to take a look at what ancient Sparta was actually like, why it was like that, and whether or not their Spartiates were actually that good at war.
View all episodes
By Greg & Ella
4.5
3939 ratings
The mythology of ancient Sparta is that of peerless warriors, un-defeatable soldiers who defended democracy and resisted those who would conquer Greece.
The reality is... a lot different.
We're going to take a look at what ancient Sparta was actually like, why it was like that, and whether or not their Spartiates were actually that good at war.
More shows like Relative Disasters
View all
Stuff You Should Know
78,338 Listeners
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
29,675 Listeners
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
171,947 Listeners
20/20
11,856 Listeners
The Daily
112,683 Listeners
Up First from NPR
56,469 Listeners
Crime Junkie
368,734 Listeners
Morbid
99,148 Listeners
Dateline NBC
47,792 Listeners
The Ancients
3,233 Listeners
The Ezra Klein Show
16,051 Listeners
Disastrous History: A Disasters of History Podcast
192 Listeners
Gone Medieval
1,829 Listeners
From The Depths:: The Haunting Legacy of The Edmund Fitzgerald
10 Listeners
Devil in the Desert
1,854 Listeners